norhted
was formed in mid 1997 under the name "Iak
Sakkakh" in Singapore. The original line
up consisted of James & Steven
on guitars, Victor on vocals, Leon
on bass and Razali on drums. Under this
line up, Iak Sakkakh got to the quarterfinals
of the Hotline Battle of the Bands in December
1997.
However,
soon after, Victor started to drift
apart from the band due to his enlistment
into mandatory military service. Iak Sakkakh
was later renamed to Havohej Enorhted.
In July 1998, Havohej Enorhted performed
at Blowout '98 with James taking over
vocal duties. Mike of Ilemauzar
was suppose to stand in as a session vocalist
but plans were changed due to conflicts in
schedules. Keyboardist, Irwan, was
also recruited into the band.
After Blowout '98, Steven silently
departed from the band after long running
commitment problems and Cedric (Lee)
took over guitar duties. Although having never
performed in a serious band prior to joining,
Cedric was known within the Singaporean
extreme metal community as one of the better
rhythm players in the local extreme metal
scene. This addition was a major boost to
the band's entourage.
With James on guitars and vocals,
Cedric on guitars, Leon on bass
and Razali on drums, Havohej Enorhted
recorded a self produced 40min promo CD in
Dec '98. However, due to major dissatisfaction
of the recording, only 20 copies of the promo
were sent out regionally. Despite the bad
production and many recording flaws, the general
response from the promo was pretty good.
Sonic Wave International, then offered
Havohej Enorhted to release a full-length
album release. However, Havohej Enorhted encountered
line up problems. Having already claimed one
of H.E's members, Cedric too left the
band after enlistment into mandatory military
service. Razali also had to be replaced.
Shiva
of Rudra(known for their self-titled release under
Candlelight Productions Singapore) joined
Havohej Enorhted as its new drummer. Havohej
Enorhted then went about recording their debut
release.
Havohej Enorhted was officially renamed to
"Enorhted" as of September 2000.
As the musical & lyrical concept of the
band evolved over the years, it was decided
that a change in name would be best to distant
the band from the genre that the band used
to reside in...
Along with the change came new members, Anwar,
from melodic deathmetal band Fenrir,
and Mike, from blackmetal band Ilemauzar,
take over rhythm guitar & vocal duties
respectively. However, shortly after, Anwar
had to leave the band when his responsibilities
with the military proved too much for him
to spare any significant amount of time for
the band.
A
classically trained pianist, Joseph, was introduced to the
band. Chemistry was pretty good and he was
the new man. Sadly, during the crucial recording
period, Mike proved to be a bad choice,
both musically and socially, and had to be
dismissed from the band. Kathi of the
vedic deathmetal band Rudra agreed
to help out doing guest vocals for 2 songs
on the album.
Shiva left
the band in early 2002 citing personal reasons for his departure. Justin Herson (formerly known
as Anwar)
returns as Enorhted's guitar player. Thomas of Sol Fusion and Brandon Khoo of Aphelion joins in late 2004.
norhted
was formed in mid 1997 under the name "Iak
Sakkakh" in Singapore. The original line
up consisted of James & Steven
on guitars, Victor on vocals, Leon
on bass and Razali on drums. Under this
line up, Iak Sakkakh got to the quarterfinals
of the Hotline Battle of the Bands in December
1997.
However,
soon after, Victor started to drift
apart from the band due to his enlistment
into mandatory military service. Iak Sakkakh
was later renamed to Havohej Enorhted.
Along with the change came new members, Anwar,
from melodic deathmetal band Fenrir,
and Mike, from blackmetal band Ilemauzar,
take over rhythm guitar & vocal duties
respectively. However, shortly after, Anwar
had to leave the band when his responsibilities
with the military proved too much for him
to spare any significant amount of time for
the band.
